Richard O Ikiebe

Future Tense: Travails of Next and Nigerian Journalism in the Digital Age Richard O Ikiebe

Publisher Marketing: 234NEXT is "the boldest and most ambitious experiment in Nigerian journalism since the founding of The Guardian in 1983." - Olatunji Dare. future tense is a book of questions: it examines likely factors responsible for the premature disappearance of 234NEXT from the Nigerian newspaper market. Why did a paper with so much promise fail? What went wrong at 234NEXT? Is the failure linked to the socio-political economic factors in Nigeria? It is a book of conversations: It draws on the perspectives of media professionals and scholars attempting to answers the questions posed above. The questions form the basis of discussions at the webference "organised" by an online forum, EverythingJournalism, hosted on the professional network, Linkedin. future tense is a book of answers: the discussions will serve the interest of those who want a first glimpse at the media environment in Nigeria. There is scanty literature about the Nigerian media environment. Even the existing ones are largely filled with outdated information. future tense "offer(s) templates that could be useful not just for NEXT's next(!) evolution but for others who may wish to venture into the murky waters of Nigerian daily newspaper publishing." - Tola Adenle.